QLogic Names Tony Carrozza Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

QLogic Names Tony Carrozza Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., July 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp.
(Nasdaq:QLGC), a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure
solutions, today announced the appointment of Tony Carrozza to the position of
senior vice president of worldwide sales, effective immediately.
Carrozza has more than 30 years of executive sales leadership experience in
the server and storage industries and joins QLogic following key roles as
executive vice president of worldwide sales at Silicon Graphics International
Corporation and senior vice president of worldwide sales at Quantum
Corporation.
"We are extremely pleased to have Tony join QLogic as our senior vice
president of worldwide sales," said Prasad Rampalli, president and chief
executive officer, QLogic. "He brings a unique set of sales leadership and
management experience that will enhance our executive team."
"QLogic's leadership position in the Fibre Channel market, combined with their
recently acquired Ethernet portfolio, uniquely positions the company to
provide not only a broad range of server I/O solutions, but also value-added
storage and networking solutions to a broad range of enterprise and cloud
customers," said Carrozza. "I am excited about joining QLogic and leading the
worldwide sales team as the company capitalizes on these growth
opportunities."
Carrozza will report directly to Rampalli in his new role.
Why QLogic?
The most advanced networks demand sophisticated capabilities, and for 20 years
QLogic has consistently delivered performance, innovation, flexibility,
reliability and control for these environments. Breakthrough application
performance gives customers faster time-to-data. Innovation delivers new
capabilities, greater efficiency and maximum performance. Unprecedented
flexibility connects mission-critical applications to any storage network.
Reliability is backed by the highest mean-time-between-failure and the
industry's only five-year warranties, and robust infrastructure management
capabilities put network controls in the hands of customers.
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QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC) is a global leader and technology innovator in high
performance server and storage networking connectivity products. Leading OEMs
and channel partners worldwide rely on QLogic for their server and storage
networking solutions. For more information, visit www.qlogic.com.
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networking markets served; the ability to maintain and gain market or industry
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number of customers; the company's ability to compete effectively with other
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QLogic Corporation
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QLogic Corporation
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